Caching not working in Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7) - caching

I have a Windows 7 machine with IE11. For some reason the caching feature does not seem to be working. e.g. when I refresh pages I noticed that the js, css and other files are not being cached. In Internet Options - General - Settings, the 'Check for newer versions of stored pages' is set to 'Automatically'.
If I access the same (or any other application) on a Windows 10 machine with IE11 the caching works.
Any idea why caching is not working in IE11 on Windows 7?
Thanks.

I try to make a test with Windows 7 and IE 11.
I clear the temporary data first and then try to visit several sites in IE 11.
Open the folder which stores temporary data. You can see new files.
If that folder was already opened then refresh it.
It will show you a new files.
Try to make a test on your side and let us know about your testing result.

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Flash Object slow in IE and Chrome but not in Firefox(WaterFox)

Can someone please shed some light or point me in a different direction.
We are using adobe flash that launches an app inside of a JSP. Up until yesterday everything was running fine without any issues. Today when the Flash Object launches you can see the initialize bar where before you hardly seen it.
While working within the app as well all the operations are very slow (not much but a 2 second delay on most of the things is visible).
I have 3 browsers installed on my PC
IE 11 running Flash version 23.0.0.207
Chrome 55.0.2883.87 running Flash version 24.0.0.194
Waterfox 32.0 also running the same Flash version as IE 23.0.0.207
Running the app from all 3 these browsers is slow apart from Waterfox.
I deleted all the caches from the flash settings in control panel and for chrome I used the web interface (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html).
I cleared all browser caches. We are running McCafee which I disabled.
I had a look at any windows updates that was done recently which I uninstalled.
What could be different between these? What else can be checked to see what is making this app slow in IE and Chrome?
The slowness could be caused by the files not being cached by the browser like they used to be. I would start there. If you reload the page and you're not seeing a 304 "Not Modified" for the swf(s) you're loading them from the server each time where they used to be loaded from the browsers cache.
Here's some more info on the subject: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/http-caching
Both Chrome and IE have developer tools you can load to see the http calls and check the headers and response codes.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565628(v=vs.85).aspx
https://developer.chrome.com/devtools

How to get ActiveX recognised as add-on and allowed to run in IE11

Our web browser plugin has worked in all IE versions and still works fine in IE9 and IE10 but in IE11 the plugin is not even recognized and listed as an add-on. It's as if IE11 no longer supports ActiveX.
NOTE: this questions is asked as the developer of the plugin and not the end-user who might need to correct IE settings. So suggestions for how to detect ActiveX or how to adjust a browser settings to allow ActiveX are useless here.
We assume that what we need to do is make adjustments to the ActiveX structure so that IE11 on Windows 8 approves the plugin so that it can be available to the user at their discretion, ie: list it in the Add-on Manager.
A sample project and test page can be downloaded from here - http://addmine.com/temp/EPM_project.zip
Surely there is a workaround but what do we need to change?
As of IE11, add-ons are supported only for IE on the desktop. If you're running the Windows Store experience of IE, then your statement about IE11 not recognizing the plug-in is absolutely correct. This article shows how you can have this experience prompt the user to open the page in the desktop experience of IE, which will support your plugin.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that you do change your plugin to support changes to the Windows 8 security model. Here are a couple of links to get you started:
Supporting enhanced protected mode (Note that this is part 1 of a four-part series)
IEInternals: Understanding Enhanced Protected Mode
IE Blog: Enhanced protected mode
Hope this helps...
-- Lance

Way to make IE 10 open in IE8 mode

does anyone know how can i force IE 10 to open in IE8 browser mode. Is it possible, Change something in IE settings? Does IE have some kind of a config file what can define it? Or can i make some changes in REGEDIT to force it to open in IE8 mode?
If you want cross-browser testing, take a look here. This offers multiple browser testing without the need to have virtual machines etc.
If your specifically looking for IE, then take a look here.
EDIT: You can look at IE10 on Windows 7 Side-by-Side IE8 for the issue you have.

Why does StageVideo not work locally in IE?

I'm having troubles testing a StageVideo file locally. The HTML file that contains the swf loads perfectly in Chrome & FireFox, but when I go to open it in Internet Explorer 9 nothing happens (it just shows a white screen).
I've added the permissions for the location to the 'Global Security Settings' tab of the Flash settings manager (on the Macromedia website). I've also checked in the IE9 settings to make sure that it allows GPU rendering.
Has anyone encountered anything similar or have any suggestions as to why it might be blocked in IE9?
Thanks in advance.
My gut feeling is that you don't have the latest Flash Player for IE, but do have it for Chrome/FF since they're 2 different versions. The swf probably doesn't even load up because of the Flash Player requirement.

Scripting disabled in WebBrowser control?

I have a VB6 application using the WebBrowser control. It displays HTML pages from a local folder (using file:// URI scheme). Some of those pages contain embedded JavaScript code.
It all works well for the vast majority of users, but occasionally we get reports from people who have problems with everything JavaScript-related in the pages. Basically, it looks like they have scripting disabled inside the WebBrowser control.
The problem is: I cannot even reproduce the problem. I was trying to fiddle with various settings in IE security (IE8 on Win XP Pro SP3), disabling various scripting-related options for different zones (which zone includes local file system, by the way?), - I'm always having JavaScript running well in my tests.
Does anybody have any idea of what may be going wrong?
Thanks
I think I know why this is happening, it's because the IE version the WebBrowser control renders under is IE 7.0 in most, and if they are using a browser older than IE 7, it will render under IE 4.0 (seriously). They do this for backwards compatibility. So if some of your users have IE 6, their default IE rendering engine will be IE 4.0. Of course, since you are probably using IE 9, yors would be IE 7 engine.
You can change the engine, if this is what you want to do, to the current engine (ie: to the current version of internet explorer installed on the users system).
Also, I'd like you to go to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ on your IE browser, and then through the hosted WebBrowser control; you'll see the difference.
Also, ask your problemed users to go to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ through their hosted WebBrowser control if they can, and note the results, if they are running pre-IE-7 then most likely their hosted webbrowser control will show IE 4.0. This is almost certainly the reason for your problem.

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